Local & State News

12/06/11 Monday morning Hershel Hunter received a $1,309.00 check from Jennifer Hammons for The Shop with a Cop program.  The funds were raised by First Federal Savings Bank employees in Plymouth and Mishawaka.  This is your local Bank ... Read more...

12/06/11  On Thursday, December 1st at 2:47am, Officer Jordan Rans of the Plymouth Police Department made a routine traffic stop at the intersection of Broadway and Harrison Streets.  After further investigation it was found that the ... Read more...

12/06/11 On Saturday, December 3, the Culver Academies Quizbowl team placed second at the  32-team University of Michigan Tournament. On their way to the championship final, the Eagles recorded victories over Detroit Catholic Central B, ... Read more...

12/06/11 The Plymouth Kiwanis group helped to make Christmas a little merrier for some Marshall County families. The Kiwanians have made a donation of $300.00 to the Marshall County Neighborhood Center in Plymouth.    Marshall County ... Read more...

12/06/11 The Country Express Band of Plymouth is a favorite entertainment group of Miller’s Senior Living Community residents.  Del Wenzel plays guitar and is lead male vocal.  Julie Palmer of Plymouth provided the female vocal, ... Read more...

12/05/11 Marshall County Sheriff Tom Chamberlin released the November Activity Report.  There were 144 jail bookings for the month with the top 10 offenses being: 10) Civil, 9) Operated Never Licensed, 8. Domestic Battery, 7) Probation ... Read more...

12/05/11 The Marshall County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing at 8:30 on the Travel Advisory Ordinance.  The amendments will make the ordinance compatible with the state’s ordinance although the local ordinance will provide a ... Read more...

12/05/11 The annual Shop With A Cop radio auction heard on WTCA AM1050 on Friday may have reached station manager Kathy Bottorff’s goal of $15,000. The proceeds will be used to take local needy children shopping on Saturday, December 10. ... Read more...

12/05/11 It’s Christmas time and the Plymouth Park Department is ready!  On December 1, a switch was flipped to light up Centennial Park for the holidays. Many hours were spent by park employees to have all of decorations in place. ... Read more...

12/05/11 Working out the details on how to keep children walking to Jefferson Elementary as safe as possible involved a number of people. Budget constraints have prohibited the hiring of any new crossing guards to help kids cross over ... Read more...

12/05/11 An automobile accident involving two vehicles shortly after 3:00 p.m. on Thursday sent one driver to the hospital According Indiana State Trooper Rodd Schuh, a red Buick driven by Araceli Ortiz of Plymouth pulled out from 4A Rd. ... Read more...

12/05/11 Congressman Joe Donnelly will host a telephone town hall for constituents of Indiana’s Second Congressional District this Tuesday, December 6, 2011, in the evening. “I am hosting this telephone town hall in order to receive ... Read more...

12/05/1  Last week Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) cosponsored the North American Energy Security Act, legislation that would require the Obama Administration to permit construction of the $7 billion, privately-funded Keystone XL (KXL) ... Read more...

12/05/11 On Friday, December 2nd the Plymouth Community Youth Orchestra Chamber Ensemble provided holiday music for the North Central Indiana Association of Realtors’ dinner party! The Plymouth Community Youth Orchestra will be ... Read more...

12/02/11 During their last meeting, the Argos Town Council received five bids for a new police vehicle.  Rudd told the Council he would like to replace the 2006 Charger with a pick-up truck.  A heavy duty truck would be safer during ... Read more...

12/02/11 A former math teacher and assistant basketball and baseball coach at NorthWood High School was sentenced on Wednesday for his involvement with a 16-year-old female student. Zachary Scott, 28, was sentenced to 18-months on two ... Read more...

12/02/11  This week at the 49th Annual National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Kentucky it was announced that a unit designed by Graphix Unlimited in Bremen; the Thor Palazzo had taken “BEST IN SHOW” for 2012. Special congratulations to ... Read more...

12/02/11 The Marshall County Tax Awareness Committee recently held election of officers for the upcoming year. Re-elected were Tom Flynn, president, and Judith Stone, secretary. Assuming the duties of Pro-Tem/Communications Officer will be ... Read more...

12/02/11 A chicken pox outbreak that hit the Union-North School Corporation last week seems to be under control. When a total of eight cases were confirmed, the school administrators, Marshall County Health Department, and the Saint Joseph ... Read more...

12/02/11 The Melody Makers of Indiana performed at Miller’s Assisted Living in Plymouth on Wednesday, November 30th.  They are led by Director Eileen Wright.  The group is affiliated with the Purdue Extension Chorus.  They are an ... Read more...